Lindsay Hoyle again defends spending £250k of taxpayer cash on foreign jaunts

Lindsay Hoyle again defends spending £250k of taxpayer cash on foreign jaunts

THE COMMONS Speaker has defended spending £250,000 on overseas trips as he can hold Russia and China to account. Sir Lindsay Hoyle, under fire over the 19 trips in the past two years, said he didn’t want to leave an “empty chair” for the UK at a major conference. PASir Lindsay Hoyle has defended spending £250,000 on overseas trips as he can hold Russia and China to account[/caption] Hoyle, 67, doubled down on the opulent travel splurge to the Ca…